Burges Salmon LLP’s planning team is known to engage with nationally significant infrastructure projects. Leading the practice from Bristol, Gary Soloman has significant expertise in the planning and compulsory purchase and compensation aspects of regeneration projects, large-scale developments and highway proposals, while Julian Boswall has experience working on NSIPs across a range of sectors. Cathryn Tracey is noted for her handling of onshore wind projects, national highway projects and redevelopments. Elizabeth Dunn is also highly regarded in NSIP work as well as DNS work in Wales.
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Testimonials
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‘The team at Burges Salmon LLP has a wealth of experience and knowledge in planning practice, with the key individuals within the team readily available for contact by Clients and provision of up-to-date feedback. The team works with specialist consultants and facilitates an efficient approach to the delivery of robust applications.’
‘Excellent client-centred service; regional location with national weight; team includes national-leading practitioners, e.g. Gary Solomon. Brings a good combination of value-adding insight and careful strategy and management.’
‘Gary Solomon - national leader for regeneration-based planning work; client-centred out-of-the-box thinker; modest yet sharp; highly respected in compulsory purchase and planning spheres.
'Cathryn Tracy has a wealth of experience and knowledge in this sector and readily leads the process whilst being receptive to input from specialist consultants on a range of relevant topics and inputs. This has resulted in a successful track record of favourable determinations.'
‘Excellent partner-led team, very strong on planning, lots of experience and great to work with.’
‘The Burges Salmon team is responsive and reactive to market changes and project developments, and is always on hand to provide best practice advice. Burges Salmon's advice has helped progress a number of projects in the past year.’
Key clients
- BP Alternative Energies and Energy Baden Wurttemburg (EnBW)
- Isle of Anglesey County Council
- YTL Property Holdings
- Bute Energy
- Equinor
- Green Gen Cymru
- North Somerset Council
- Kent County Council
- RWE Renewables UK Solar and Storage and RWE Renewables UK
- Department for Transport
- Environment Agency
- Gloucestershire County Council
Work highlights
Advising the Hynet project on the carbon capture and storage NSIP on all aspects of the project, including the DCO application for the CCS pipeline and gas storage.
Advising bp/EnBW on the combined 3GW schemes in the Irish Sea, Morgan and Mona, including the joint transmission connection application with the Morecambe offshore wind farm being promoted by Cobra/Flotation.
Advising the Isle of Anglesey on the proposed Anglesey Freeport and CPOs for major projects, as well as its role as decision-maker in relation to a number of separate planning applications, with related complex environmental and habitats issues.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Laura Fuller
Cathryn Tracey
Practice head
Gary Soloman
Other key lawyers
Julian Boswall; Elizabeth Dunn; Cathryn Tracey